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• I was sitting in the back row of a movie theatre with my girlfriend at the time and was consuming some cola. Half-way through a sip of my straw I felt the horrible urge to cough, so I ...
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• Howstuffworks to the rescue: ”[The] Golgi tendon organs (a set of nerve endings involved in humans’ motion sense) are stimulated and the muscles surrounding the joint are relaxed. This is part of the reason why people can feel ...
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• Well I’ve got a 2-parter for you. The US is looking to perform their drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and if they go ahead with the plan the environmental damage will be quite severe. Essentially the ...
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